Location
Western Coast Park, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/800 s, f/10, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Gruiformes Family Gruidae
Deutsch Paradieskranich Dutch Stanley Kraanvogel
Italian Gru del paradiso Spanish Grulla del Paraíso
Comments
South Africa's national bird, featured on country's stamps and coins. The Blue Crane was better adapted to changes in landscape associated with agriculture than the two other South African cranes, the rare Wattled Crane and the Grey Crowned Crane.
Tarboton WR (1989): in The Complete Book of Southern African Birds, Ginn PJ, McIlleron WG, Milstein P le S (eds), Struik Publ, Cape Town, South Africa, p 194.
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Blue Crane |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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